The 2nd time in a few days that the Journal has been a megaphone for the data centre lobby. At least this one has some other sources at the end, but why was it even published at all, it wasn't a report or investigation, just a lobbyist "asking questions" jrnl.ie/7105655 #speirgorm #badjournalism

Data centre lobby declares Sally Rooney a 'hypocrite' for focus on printed word over e-books

Digital Infrastructure Ireland’s chief executive claimed Rooney is a ‘hypocrite’ as he claimed she doesn’t factor in the carbon emissions from using the printed word for her books.

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Brazil and Serbia have played their part in defeating fascism. Serbia seems to have managed it by uniting the opposition. Couldn’t happen here in Ireland because the gombeen Independents don’t have the nations welfare at heart. They’re all Mé Féiners. #Spéirghorm

Is Harvey Norman taking the P or just tone deaf? #Spéirghorm

This proves behind any reasonable doubt that our government is at the behest of outside influences. There is absolutely no logic here. Devastating for these students and making us, as a nation look like a complete joke. Let’s not let it fall from the top of the feed. 😡 #spéirghorm

Joe Noonan@joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d ago

Swearing that important documents were never delivered to your Department when the truth was the opposite. Then having to tell the Court so. www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...

Went into Ballincollig to get some of these items (two Aldi stores) and none of these items were on the shelves at 10am. Very poor show by #Aldi. Don’t advertise and inconvenience your customers if you don’t have the goods. Does this contravene the Trade Description Act I wonder? #Spéirghorm

Sally Rooney: "political classes in Europe today are co-operating and learning from US & Israeli regimes. Not only are far-right fascist parties rising to power as a result but mainstream parties are adopting fascist techniques to stop protests". #speirgorm

This Govt is worse than useless, it's not enough that they don't pass legislation, they are constantly undermining some group or other. Now non-binary folks, not long ago disabled people in that referendum, last week, the union members in their OWN staff. #Spéirghorm

MISSING - Josh O'Hagan 6ft/6ft1 Blue eyes, Brown hair Not muscly but large framed Bohemian style fashion, maybe jeans, dufflecoat, beanies Last seen Saturday 17th in Buncrana #Donegal #Ireland leaving family home with tent. #speirgorm #SpéirGhorm

Maybe it's cos the Minister for Justice is shite at his job. #FFGFailures #Spéirghorm www.thejournal.ie/criminal-leg...

Minister says public 'entitled to answer' on why solicitors' strike forcing rape trials to adjourn

O’Callaghan will appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee tomorrow to discuss the ongoing dispute.

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How can anybody never mind survivors have trust in a Minister for Justice who weaponises rape for political gain - he doesn’t get it - this is unacceptable and he needs to go #rape #speirgorm #ireland

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.

A solicitor working in criminal legal aid has described the comments by the Minister for Justice that solicitors had deliberately targeted rape cases in their dispute as beneath the dignity of his office.

Trust in this FFFG led government is on the floor and dropping. #Spéirghorm

@lostexpectation.bsky.social · last wk.

Collison-backed Progress Ireland with secret Jack Chambers meeting www.lobbying.ie/app/... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol still not registered

The Govt seems to have an agenda with the triple lock. #Spéirghorm

Paul Murphy TD@paulmurphy.pbp.ie · last wk.

Outrageously the government proposes to guillotine the debate on scrapping the Triple Lock on Wednesday. They refuse to put it to the people. Now they won't even allow a full debate in the Dáil. #TripleLock #SaveIrishNeutrality

For decades our governments deferred and colluded with the catholic church. Now it's big fucking tech. The tech bros are the new archbishops, data centres the houses of worship. Yet again we are ceding control to outside forces to exploit and decide the future direction of our country #speirgorm

Una Mullally@unamullally.bsky.social · last wk.

The data centre backlash continues, this time in a rural village in Waterford. This activism will become increasingly common across Ireland.

one of the main themes of this government, and the last, besides 'irritability as a governing philosophy' is that they come across as spectators of statecraft, the very best they are capable of is emoting to camera, and posting it to instagram #speirgorm

Cllr Oisín O'Connor@oisinoconnordublin.bsky.social · 2w ago

"someone should clean this up" - the guy who made the mess www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Data centres used 24% of Irelands electricity in 2025. The govt want to extract water from the river Shannon but can’t identify how much water is being used by data Centres. Join the @foeireland.bsky.social protest against data centres on 7th November. #SpeirGorm Please share!

Join our protest for a data centre moratorium

12pm, Saturday, November 7th

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The only question to ask about the Garda accounts being hacked is why on earth any self-respecting organisation is still using that platform and what it will take for them to stop #Spéirgorm

Dublin friends! Free event in the lovely @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social's beautiful Parnell St shop Booking essential. Tickets going fast according to an email I received this morning 🎉🫖 I'm massively looking forward to it. Hope to see you there. #spéirgorm #booksky 💙📚 #tae tinyurl.com/4mwd7ynp

Afternoon Tea with a Beloved Author An intimate afternoon with Felicity

Afternoon Tea with a Beloved Author An intimate afternoon with bestselling Irish writer Felicity Hayes-McCoy

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#Spéirghorm

Thus is seriously not getting enough attention in Ireland. Absolute travesty. If anyone has a petition or TD letter example or template it would be much appreciated (not that make any difference) #speirgorm #spéirghorm #spéirgorm #speirghorm

Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just a reminder, the Irish government has used its time holding the EU presidency to introduce a proposal to weaken EU data privacy regulations. This measure would allow AI companies to scrap private information from hundreds of millions of EU citizens to use for their training models.

Under the current UK legislation the works of Sally Rooney now can't be published in the United Kingdom but those of Adolf Hitler can be. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action

Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works

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Here’s a list of prominent UK and US writers currently published by Faber UK. In case you too want to boycott them. Kazuo Ishiguro Rachel Cusk Katherine Rundell Max Porter Andre Aciman Paul Auster Don Dellilo Samantha Irby Lee Cole Celia Fremlin Natasha Brown William Saroyan. #Spéirghorm

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well, this absolutely stinks. #SpeirGorm

Artists and Scientists it's your fault if #GenAI runs out of creative & scientific material to gobble-now you've got to do the actual work, because we need "insights" goddamnit (also, you've to clean up the #TechDebt, errors, humanwash documentation & prevent #AIDrift) #IoT #SpéirGhorm #AISummitIE

Liz Carolan@lizcarolan.com · 2w ago

Google’s Demis Hassabis “Our AI systems are good at solving problems, but it’s up to the scientists and artists to pose the questions”

Up the workers #speirgorm

A politician telling lies. It’s like a fish swimming. No surprise there. And a weak, incompetent, and misogynistic Taoiseach incapable of listening. You could be forgiven for wondering why the opposition would bother. #Spéirghorm

Wendy Lyon@wendylyon.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Hope opposition TDs raise this in the Dáil tomorrow. Jim O’Callaghan has lied that he can’t enter mediation over criminal legal aid fees while a judgment is awaited - the judge herself says “oh yes you can” #speirghorm

this kind of attitude towards people with disabilities from this government? Cast your mind back to the Green Paper on Disability Reform. Look at the budget. If his colleagues don't have confidence in him, this wasn't the way to go about it. They've just managed to show us who they are. #Speirgorm

We are not blocking the roads, Jack Chambers!! We have a democratic right to take organised and respectful industrial action @rteradio1.bsky.social #spéirgorm @oireachtasnews.bsky.social

Not just for footballers!

See - it's the bar now - black armbands & bowed heads & refusing handshakes. The bar could have been REFUSING TO PLAY #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #FAI #SaoirseDonPhailistín 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 3w ago

Members of the Irish women's wheelchair basketball team plan to bow their heads during the national anthem and wear black armbands as they face Israel in the qualifiers for the Women's B division European Championship

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